Improved washing-machine



JOHN `O. KOPAS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRIOTOF COLUMBIA.

Letters Patent No. 101,277, dated iMarch 29, 1870.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same,

To all ywhom lit may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN O. Kores, of the city and county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Im provemeut in Washing-Machines; and I Ado hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a sectional elevation, and

Figure 2 is a plan view.

This invention lconsists in the combination of a wringer with a Washing-machine, when the latter is provided with a reciprocating rubber that slides in a weighted vertical sash, by means of which the rubber is pressed downward upon the inclined wash-board, or upon the garments inserted between the rubber and wash;board, and when the wriuger and rubber are operated from the same shaft.

In the drawings- A is a washing-machinecase.

a, they inclined wash-board.

b, the reciprocating rubber'.

c, the vertical sash in which the rubber slides.

el, a vtray appended tothe lower side of the vertical sash for holding the weight, by which the latter, with thev rubber, is pressed downward more or less forcibly by alighter or heavier weight, according as coarse or fine clothes are in the wash.

` c is a lever for raising the tray, sash, and rubber whenever occasion may require.

, h, the crank-sl'iaft which vdrives the reciprocating rubber.

t, a belt which connects a pulley, It, on the crankshaft with a pulley, l, on the shaftof the lower wringing-roll m.

The fabrics undergoing the cleansing process pass between the rubber b and board a, under the roller fn, aud upward between the wringers m and o, the latter deriving its rotation from the same shaft, h, that drives the rubber, the advantages of which arrangement are that gearing is reduced, and the wringers drawthc fabrics between the rubber and board.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 'lhe combination of the wash-board a, rubber 11, weighted sash c, crank-shaft h., and pulley la with the belt i, wringers fm 0, and pulley l, all as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: J. O, KOIAS.

SoLoN C. Kanon, CHAs. A. Psr'rrr. 

